Spain Will Suspend League and Cup Matches

By The Associated Press

May 7, 2015

Spain’s soccer federation said it was suspending league and cup matches starting May 16 in protest of a proposed law on the sale of television rights and the division of the revenue. The law would regulate the rights to broadcast first- and second-division games as well as Copa del Rey and Supercup matches. The last two rounds of the Spanish league schedule, along with the Copa del Rey final on May 30, fall after the start of the federation’s “indefinite strike.”